Aoi walked into class feeling chipper, greeting Tsukishima and Yamaguchi as she dragged her chair and sat right in front of them

"Tsukki! Yamaguchi! I've got a favour to ask!" She began, slapping her palms together and staring up at them pleadingly.

"No. Don't call me/him Tsukki." They replied simultaneously.

"Whyyyyyy, you haven't even heard me out yet!" she whined, pouting slightly.

"We already know you're going to ask us to help you persuade Nishinoya-san to come back to the team. He clearly stated he won't come back unless the ace comes back, so we'd just be wasting our time. Right Tsukki?"

"But I've come up with the ultimate plan!"

"Which is...?" Tsukishima asked, unimpressed.

"It's simple really, flattery! Then his senpai instincts will kick in and he'll return to the team." She beamed.

"No way. Praising people isn't exactly my forte." Tsukishima cringed.

"You don't have to say anything, just come with me to the second year's floor? I'd probably get crushed without the two of you." She negotiated. "Pretty please come with me Tsukishima-san, Yamaguchi-san!"

"No. That's effort." Tsukishima deadpanned, getting increasingly irritated by Aoi's persistent whining. The school bell rang, signalling the start of lessons hence forcing Aoi to return to her seat.

"Whatever, Stingyshima. Baka, baka!" she retorted, sticking her tongue out as she trudged back to her desk. Tsukishima and Yamaguchi sweatdropped, distastefully staring at her retreading figure.

-Break-

Aoi walked along the second years' corridor in attempt to find Nishinoya's class, feeling intimidated by all the eyes on her.

She felt a tap her shoulder and turned around to see the source, only to be greeted by a group of giggling girls. "Awww he's adorable!" she heard one of them gush, as Aoi tilted her head in confusion.

"Hello there, are you lost little first year?" cooed one of the girls.

'She's a total beauty' Aoi thought, fawning over her internally.

"Yes! No... Um.."

"Yes or no? Pick one" She teased.

"D-do you know which class Nishinoya-senpai is in?" Aoi stammered, feeling oddly flustered by the pretty girl talking to her.

"That depends? Why would I tell someone who hasn't even introduced themselves?" the second year teased with a smirk playing on her lips.

At this Aoi flushed a deep red as she apologised profusely and introduced herself, unable to make eye contact with the elder. Her shy actions caused the onlooking group to erupt in a series of squeals, which in turn earned her death glares from the boys.

"Oh? If it isn't Hibarida! What're you doing here?" Inquired Tanaka, who appeared behind her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. Aoi tensed, unused to the skinship.

"Aoi-kun is looking for Nishinoya-san it seems, we just kept him company for a while. Well, later then Aoi-kun!" She chirped. The unknown girl then twirled around, her skirt fluttering a little, after winking at Aoi.

Tanaka and Aoi stared at her retreading figure, both momentarily dumbstruck until they heard Nishinoya calling out to them. "Aoi? Why are you in the second years' floor and what were you doing talking to the second years' princess?" he questioned relentlessly.

"Damn you Hibarida, pretty boys really do have it easy huh?" Sneered Tanaka as he trapped Aoi in a headlock and practically burned the hair off her scalp with his knuckles.

Aoi escaped from his clutches and turned to face the libero "Nishinoya-senpai, please return to the team." she bowed, "I might be selfish for saying this since I don't know what happened between you and Karasuno's ace, but I've admired you since middle school and came to Karasuno because I definitely wanted to play on the same team as you. I want to be a guardian deity too, so I wanted to see the real thing in action! Please come back to the team senpai, Karasuno needs you!" she finished, raising her voice slightly. Aoi stood upright and nervously looked Nishinoya in the eye, wondering if she'd overstepped his boundaries.

Nishinoya placed a hand on his kouhai's shoulder and sighed "Listen up Aoi, we got completely blocked out in one of our matches at the inter high, and our ace Asahi-san shouldered all the blame for himself. I can't fight midair battles, but I can get the ball back to him no matter how many times its deflected off a wall, so I just want him to call for a toss one more time . In the end, I really don't want to play without Asahi-san, it would seem like we can just carry on without him." He paused, taking in the defeated expression on Aoi's face.

"But I suppose I can come to practice for a while to teach you a thing or two, since I am your senpai." Aoi and Tanaka visibly brightened and cheered aloud, gathering startled glances from passers by.

"ROLLINGGGG THUNDERRRRRR!" yelled Nishinoya as he intercepted a spiked ball with a perfect rolling receive, grinning proudly as if to say 'look at your guardian deity, wasn't that awesome?'

He however was met with lukewarm and teasing responses from the team, making fun of him for exaggerating a normal rolling receive by adding the word thunder.

Only Aoi and Hinata (both honorary members of the Karasuno senpais' fan club) stared at Nishinoya with sparkling eyes full of admiration.

"TSUKISHIMA! KAGEYAMA! YAMAGUCHI! I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A GOOD LECTURE SO CROUCH DOWN! NO WAIT, GET BELOW MY LINE OF SIGHT!" Barked Nishinoya as the Aohina duo begged Nishinoya to teach them rolling thunder, further heightening the chaos in the gym.

Eventually Daichi managed to calm the team down, whilst Takeda-sensei arrived with news about the golden week training camp and that they'd be playing a practice match against their destined rivals Nekoma High school.

Aoi couldn't help but overhear Nishinoya protesting against going to the training camp, but was eventually coaxed into attending by Daichi causing her to sigh in relief.

"Nekoma High school from Tokyo huh? We'll thrash those shitty boys!" Leered Tanaka with a devious grin.

"Shitty boys, he says." sniggered Tsukishima in the background, pissing Tanaka off.

"ORYYAAA TSUKISHIMAAA! DAMN YOU!" he yelled, tackling the tall boy as the noise levels skyrocketed in the gymnasium.

And once again the world was at peace.

Hello readers!

Aoi blushing over pretty girls ughhh we love to see it.

-extra-

rolling thunder who?